After May 7
Labour majority
Council size: 45 seats · 16 up on May 7
Council · Metropolitan borough
Knowsley
Labour majority after May 7 2026. (Majority held)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
4 of 45 seats
Won 4 on May 7 · had 0 before
Next election
May 2027
By thirds, three years in four.
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for Knowsley
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherryfield | Labour | Independent | 54.1% | high |
| Halewood North | Labour | Reform UK | 47.1% | high |
| Halewood South | Independent | Independent | 40.9% | high |
| Northwood | Labour | Reform UK | 43.4% | high |
| Page Moss | Labour | Green Party | 46.4% | high |
| Prescot North | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 34.9% | high |
| Prescot South | Green Party | Green Party | 45.9% | high |
| Roby | Labour | Labour | 35.1% | high |
| Shevington | Labour | Independent | 53.3% | high |
| St Gabriels | Green Party | Green Party | 39.7% | high |
| St Michaels | Labour | Labour | 53.9% | high |
| Stockbridge | Labour | Reform UK | 54.2% | high |
| Swanside | Labour | Labour | 56.2% | high |
| Whiston & Cronton | Green Party | Reform UK | 35.9% | high |
| Whitefield | Independent | Independent | 39.5% | high |